Did you know Signal, like Tor, was financed by an offshoot of the CIA? https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/open-whisper-systems/ https://www.o

Did you know Signal, like Tor, was financed by an offshoot of the CIA? https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/open-whisper-systems/ https://www.opentech.fund/results/supported-projects/open-wh... https://pando.com/2015/03/01/internet-privacy-funded-by-spooks-a-brief-history-of-the-bbg/ https://pando.com/2015/03/01/internet-privacy-funded-by-spoo... Now if I were an Iranian dissident, I would be reasonably confident Signal is designed to withstand the Iranian regime’s interception efforts (but not necessarily traffic analysis). If I were someone on the US government’s shitlist like Edward Snowden or Julian Assange, my calculus would be entirely different. (Yes, I know Snowden has endorsed Signal)